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John Joseph Hess

John Joseph Hess

Dec 14, 2012

VICTOR - John Joseph Hess, Jr., 83, of Victor passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 with his wife by his side, due to complications from multiple strokes and Alzheimer's disease. He was born December 5, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI the son of John A. and Sophie A. (Meyer) Hess. John graduated from Orland Joint Union High School in...

Dean L. Walrod

Dean L. Walrod

Dec 12, 2012

Dean went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Dean L. Walrod was born January 27, 1937 in Glasgow MT the son of Lucille (Bishop) and Donald Walrod. He spent his first 5 years on a farm in Roundup, MT, the next five years in Billings, MT, before moving to Roy, MT. He...

Peggy Ann Flinders

Peggy Ann Flinders

Dec 10, 2012

Peggy Ann (Miller) Flinders, 64, of Corvallis, Montana, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at 3:00 a.m. at Discovery Care Centre, Hamilton, Montana She was born June 1, 1948 in Hamilton, Montana to William LeRoy Miller and Alyce Tina Lee. Peggy Ann attended school in Corvallis and graduated from High School in 1966. She married Earl Reid Flinders on...

Kenneth A. Minch

Kenneth A. Minch

Dec 8, 2012

Corvallis " Kenneth Allen Minch, 45 of Corvallis passed away due to a heart attack, Saturday, December 8th at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born July 14, 1967 in Riverside, California to Richard James and Genny Lee Hermer Minch. Ken studied to be a computer technician at Virginia College. He also studied Protools and Music Mixing...

Francis I. Hughes

Francis I. Hughes

Dec 6, 2012

Frances I. Hughes, 82, of Hamilton passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Discovery Care Centre. She was born in Havre, Montana, the daughter of Frank and Grace Eve. Fran was raised on a wheat farm outside of Big Sandy, Montana and married Robert Littlefield, a Navy veteran, on June 28, 1947. They were both elementary school...

Alice D. Shelstad

Alice D. Shelstad

Dec 3, 2012

Alice D. Shelstad, 96 of Hamilton, MT., formerly of Boise, ID., passed away Monday, December 3, at Valley View Estates in Hamilton. Alice was born January 9, 1916 in Moorhead, MN to the late John and Gudrun Floberg, and raised in nearby Hawley, MN. She married Elroy "Shelly" Shelstad in Santa Barbara, California, on June 21, 1937. During...

Myron D. Johnson

Myron D. Johnson

Nov 30, 2012

CORVALLIS - Myron D. Johnson, 65, of Corvallis passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at Valley View Estates in Hamilton. He was born November 14, 1947 in Plentywood, MT the son of Ingaval and Flo Johnson. Myron graduated from Darby High School and then served 4 years in the U.S. Army at Fr. Lewis, WA. He married Marlene...

David W. "Cajun" Short

David W. "Cajun" Short

Nov 30, 2012

HAMILTON - David W. "Cajun" Short, 53, of Hamilton passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at St. Patrick Hospital. He was born April 14, 1959 in New Orleans, LA the son of Henry and Leona Short. Cajun is survived by his fiance', Sheryl Seal of Hamilton; 2 brothers, Steve and Daniel Short both of Lousiana; sister, Pam Williams...

James S. Cooley, Sr.

James S. Cooley, Sr.

Nov 29, 2012

CORVALLIS - James S. Cooley Sr., 77, of Corvallis, MT. passed away Thursday, November 29th, at ST. Patrick's hospital from complications of respiratory failure due to Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was born September 21, 1935 in Wallace, Idaho. Jim was a Senior Chief in the United States Navy and served 22 A½ years active service. He married Roberta Price...

Floy Freeman Cain

Floy Freeman Cain

Nov 28, 2012

CORVALLIS, MT - Floy Freeman Cain, formerly of McGregor, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Hamilton, Montana at the age of 94. Mrs. Cain was born November 14, 1918 in Goodnight, Texas, daughter of the late John and Mary (McDowell) Cook. On January 7, 1939 she married George Edwin Cain in Panhandle, Texas. After 60 years of...

Mitchell A. Knight

Mitchell A. Knight

Nov 28, 2012

HAMILTON - Mitchell A. Knight, 52, peacefully passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 from natural causes. He is survived by his devoted mother Donna White; step-father Terry White; four siblings Jeff, Angela, Doris, and BJ, and his beloved children Danielle, Kyle, and Justin who live in California. Mitch was an Army Corporal. His memorial...

John Robert Prowse

John Robert Prowse

Nov 27, 2012

CORVALLIS - John Robert Prowse, 80, of Corvallis passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He was born October 3, 1932 in Bingham Canyon, UT. Bob was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Korean War. He married Marjorie Crump on September 24, 1952 in Riverton,...

Jane E. Mears

Jane E. Mears

Nov 26, 2012

Jane E. Mears, 88 of Hamilton passed away Monday, November 26th at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospice Center in Hamilton. She was from May 2, 1924 in Brockton hospital, Brockton, Mass to William and Gladys Waite Kuplast. She graduated from Brockton High School in 1942. During her school years she enjoyed being in camp fire girls, rainbow girls,...

Evelyn Marie Leete

Evelyn Marie Leete

Nov 21, 2012

Evelyn Marie Leete of Hamilton passed away at her home on November 21, 2012, with her family by her side. Born June 4th, 1919 in New York City, New York to Frederick and Mary Schilling, the family moved to Pleasantville, New York where she remained until her early adult years. During a visit with family members in upstate...

June M. Cooper

June M. Cooper

Nov 20, 2012

June M. Cooper, 86, of Missoula went home to the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ Tuesday, November 20, 2012. She was born July 6, 1926 in Colorado Springs, Colorado the daughter of the late Vern and Ethel McCauley. - June spent her younger years in Grass Valley, CA and later moved to the Black Forest of...

William "Bill" Bowland

William "Bill" Bowland

Nov 18, 2012

William J. 'Bill" Bowland born October 2,1926 in Tekemah, Nebraska, to Yard and Stella (McNear) Bowland passed on November 18th of natural causes. Bill lived in the Bitterroot Valley for 46 years. Bill grew up on the family farm in Eastern Nebraska. As many did, Bill quit school in the 10th grade to help work the farm; he...

Curtis Dean Faber

Curtis Dean Faber

Nov 17, 2012

HAMILTON - Curtis Dean Faber, 42, of Hamilton passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2012, from heart and diabetic complications. Curtis was born May 19, 1970 at St. Louis Park Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota to Dean Thomas Faber and Betty Lou (Miller) Faber. The family moved to Murdo, South Dakota in 1973 where Curtis went to...

Marguerite Ethel Hunt

Marguerite Ethel Hunt

Nov 13, 2012

Marguerite Ethel Hunt, 94, of Hamilton, peacefully passed away at her home Tuesday November 13, 2012. She was born June 23, 1918 in Placerville, Colorado to Martin and Ethel Ault Buker Faucett. She was raised in Placerville and graduated from High School in Steamboat Springs Colorado. The family then moved to Chloride, Arizona, a mining town. There she...

Elmore Henry "Elmer" Tintzman

Elmore Henry "Elmer" Tintzman

Nov 11, 2012

CORVALLIS - Elmore [Elmer] Henry Tintzman, 83, of Corvallis passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Marcus Daly Hospital of a blood infection. He was born June 18, 1929 at New Leipzig, North Dakota to Henry and Pauline Dietz Tintzman, the oldest of four children. At the age of six, Elmer came with his family to Montana and...

Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson

Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson

Nov 11, 2012

HAMILTON - Marguerite Lucile "Marla" Simpson, 89, of Hamilton passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. She was born in Parkston, SD on November 27, 1922 to Elmer Mowry and Bernice Morrison Mowry and was raised by her grand-parents, Lester Mowry and Alice Dunwoody Mowry. Marla married Elmer W. Bernhard...

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